Software Product Line Engineering Basics - Model-Driven and Software Product Line Engineering - page 22

application domain analyst, the modeling domain analyst, and
the domain designer.
ThefirstindustrialprojectwastheToshibaSoftwareFactory
in 1977; it concerns the development of a family of power
generators. One useful reference about the activity in this
domain is the SEI site (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/productlines/),
which contains information about case studies, tools, and
methods as well as a catalog of software product line projects.
Northrop, in [NOR 02], was the first author to propose a
comprehensive view of SPLE with all the related technical
and organizational activities. The SEI group was also at
the origin of the patterns for categorizing SPL practices. At
the beginning of 1980s, the European community sponsored
several important projects in this domain such as ESAPS,
CAFE, FAMILIES and more recently AMPLE (www.ample-
projet.net). Another sign of the activity in this domain was
the launching of conferences: the two main ones are Software
ProductLineandProductFamilyEngineeringconferencesthat
were merged in 2005. More details on these past events can be
found on the SPLC website (http://www.splc.net/history.html).
The SPL success story of product line engineering includes
HP printers, Nokia smart phones, and many others. HP
developed a line of firmware for a number of printers
and multifunction (printer/copier/scanner/fax) devices. These
products have been created with a quarter of the team, in a
third of the time,and with 1/25th the number of bugs in earlier
products.NokiaMobilePhonesproducesawiderangeofmobile
phones, more than 30 models, with a wide variety of functional
features,different user interfaces,and using several platforms.
Nokia is a leader in mobile phone manufacture, and software
product line engineering has helped them reach that position.
MARKET MAKER provides software in Europe for the stock
market. The company decided to plan the Internet versions
as a software product line. Due to its systematic product line
approach, the company was able to set up products in a few